- Assign scouts;
- Bring youth players into the club;
- Hire or sack staff;
- Work over club transfers and loans using three lists: Transfers Targets, Unwanted List, Development List.
FM 13 Best Directors of Football
Football Manager 2013 in Offline Mode
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This will be very useful tutorial to all of you who are let’s say going for a trip and are unsure if you’re going to have internet connection or not. There is a quick and simple way to play your Football Manager 2013 offline. Brought to you by FootballManagerBlog.org
Okay, so follow these simple steps and you’ll be on your way playing FM13 in an offline mode…
Launch Steam and log in to your account, for this you’ll still going to need internet connection.
Once the Steam launches, click on the ‘Steam’ in the drop down menu and then select option ‘Go Offline’
Now the pop window will appear ‘Steam – Go Offline’, on it click on ‘RESTART IN OFFLINE MODE’
And that’s basically all there is to it. Next time you launch Steam, it will not be connected to the internet, and you’ll be able to play your Football Manager 2013 in a offline mode.
Please note, some of the features such as Friends and the Server Browser, will not be available while in offline mode. And once new update for FM13 arrives you’ll have to go online for Steam to download the latest patch for your game.
Also, here is a quick video tutorial you can watch if you still don’t know how to get your Football Manager 2013 to start in offline mode…
Hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial. For more useful tutorials and much more regarding Football Manager, visit us at FootballManagerBlog.org
Football Manager 2013 Scouts

In my opinion scouts have been becoming more and more important with every new version of Football Manager. Of course some of you may say that player search is enough for you. I would not agree, especially if realistic attribute masking is enabled in your game.
First of all you should what scouts can do for you:
My experiment in Football Manager 2013 trainings
My Forest story have stepped over season 1 equator. It means I am in January playing matches and making transfers now. And finally I am ready to share the results of the training experiment started on 15.08.2012.
I’d like to enumerate the basic experiment conditions once more:
- I have been monitoring training progress of my players since the start date till December 31, 2012.
- Forest has 3.5-star coaches in all but Attacking and Goalkeeping categories.
- Good training facilities.
- Players were divided into three groups by training settings:
- Individual focus on a role;
- Individual focus on a single attribute;
- No individual focus.
- General training: Balanced with Average Intensity.
- Match training: Tactics only + Allow rest after match.
- Scheduling slider: More match training, one position to right from maximal level.
Read my initial experiment post for more details.
Football Manager 2013 Custom Profile View
Dear readers,
I feel it’s time for another FM 2013 hint today.
Moving around all FM 2013 screens can take a lot of time. The news inbox doesn’t show all the most important information about team members and its financial. But FM 13 has something I like to call an “information radiator”. If you go to your manager profile hitting F2 shortcut for example, you will see quite helpful total information combined into set of widgets. 2 of them are useful but the others are not the best selected variants as for me. They can be customized.
How to use your manager profile more efficiently
Take a look how I customized my manager profile view in Football Manager 2013:
How to change skin colours in Football Manager 2013?
I have received this question several times since FM 2013 release. This is why I decided to share my knowledge regarding this simple issue in the separate post.
Changing skin colours is available in Football Manager 2013. You just need:
- Go to Preferences.
- Click on Interface subsection.
- Here are 2 tabs in the left top screen part: Interface and Skin Colours. The latter is the one you are searching for.
Actually these 2 tabs of Interface screen is a tricky thing due to pale font and background colours causing such kind of questions!
Excited to blog for you,
Vitaliy Mokosiy
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Football Manager 2013 Coaches
The new FM13 training system has influenced many of us adding some new and somewhat tangled at the beginning features. However, coaches still remain coaches. An effect from their quality is the most significant factor when we talk about player growth. The other factors: training scheme, work rate and professionalism of player, training facilities.
I decided to write about every type of coach in Football Manager 2013, their key attributes. Additionally, I created lists of the best cheap Football Manager 2013 coaches in every category.
Football Manager 2012 Tips and Hints
Welcome to my “Football Manager 2012 Tips and Hints” guide. I decided to create this one trying to help other Football Manager 2012 gamer with smart advices and useful links.
The guide’s concept is a compactness.
This is the reason why it contains very short tips and hints combined with links to other articles.
Share the guide with your friends!
Players
Player with low morale level is not really efficient. Therefore you can put him into Reserves where he will be able to raise morale back after few matches.
If you drop player from main squad, talk with him about this explaining that you are going to give a rest.
Your relationship with a player can be improved by means of asking him to recommend someone to a team.
Setting high competition bonuses before the season will motivate your players.
Pay special attention to player condition and match fitness. Both attributes should be 100% ideally. If condition is near 100% but match fitness is below 90%, set your player available for Reserves.
Don’t change player squad status often. It may upset him.
Try to use player private interaction and team meetings to raise morale level of the players. For instance, chat with a player complaining his last match performance was bad if his match average rating is below 6.8.
Normally foreign players need some time to settle in new country and blend into your team.
Use customizable views to compare performance of players. There are many helpful attributes you can take a look: Tackles Ratio, Headers Ratio, Passes Ratio, etc.
Use my Preferred Player Moves guide to understand what PPMs suite for that or another position in your formation.
Helpful player lists:
Some additional player tips:
Tactics
Reach fully filled tactic familiarity levels in match preparation. Start every new season with Very High match preparation workload until all the levels become fluid.
Use Push Higher Up touchline shout when opponents forwards are slow (Pace and Acceleration < 13). Vicee versa use Drop Deeper in case of fast forwards.
OK, you are winning a game in 1 goal and want to hold a score. It’s good to use combination of Contain strategy and Retain possession + Play Narrower + Pass into feet touchline shouts to do it.
Use hard tackling in opposition instructions if referee is not strict. His strictness can be checked by my formula:
(yellow cards / judged matches) < 3
Playing against stronger teams using Counter Attack strategy can be often efficient.
More tactical tips can be found in my Supersonic tactics post.
If you don’t like to create tactics by yourself, you can download already working examples: FM 12 Tactics
Transfers
Use Offer to clubs if you want to sell your player quickly. Though there won’t be an opportunity to bargain in price in this case.
Offering too many players in short time period can decrease morale levels of other players.
Status ‘Not needed by the club’ increases probability of player sale.
Praise another managers via media interaction. It may improve relationship with them and easy transfer bid acceptance level.
You can decrease financial expectations of a player during contract talks increasing his agent’s signing fee.
All newcomers need time to blend into the team. Don’t expect them to do their best during the first season’s half.
Trainings
Morale level matters during trainings. Try to keep it as high as possible!
Too intensive trainings can cause many injuries. Just be careful.
Use my Coaches and Coaching guide to find the best staff for your team.
Some good tranings can be found here: FM 12 Trainings
Awesome detailed training guide is created by Mantralux.
Scouting
Add all players you like to your shortlist.
Let’s suppose you hesitate about buying already scouted player. Scout him once more using another scout.
I try to use scouts of different nationalities who has expertise in their countries. It allows to perform more efficient scouting.
Feeder clubs share their scouting network to parent clubs automatically .
Some player scouting tips can be found here: FM 12 scouting tips
Other Football Manager 2012 tips and hints
Football Manager 2012 GUI Tips
I hope you find my Football Manager 2012 tips and hints helpful. Of course, it would be great to know your opinion in the comments below!
Football Manager 2012 Coaches and Coaching
Need good and cheap coaches of FM 2013? You may find them in my Football Manager 2013 coaches article.
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Hello my dear readers,
I am glad to share an information about Football Manager 2012 coaches today. It’s well known that player development efficiency during trainings is influenced by several different factors:
- Player professionalism, work rate and moraleToday I would like to emphasize on coaches' importance and hint the best of them for all training categories. Lets examine the categories one by one.
- Training facilities
- Workload during trainings
- Coaches you have

Strength
Influences the following player attributes: Jumping, Natural Fitness, Stamina, Strength, Work RateThe best Strength coaches are:
- Elio Carravetta, Internacional.Coach attributes’ that should be high to train Strength:
- Ivan Carminati, Manchester City.
- Julen Masack, Valencia.
- Massimo Neri, unemployed
- Bruno Demichelis, unemployed
- Steve Black, unemployed
Fitness, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
Aerobic
Influences the following player attributes: Acceleration, Agility, Balance, PaceThe best Aerobic coaches are the same as for the Strength category. The point is in that both categories belong to physical type of trainings and require the same coach attributes:
Fitness, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
GK - Shot Stopping
Influences the following player attributes: Composure, Concentration, Reflexes, One On OnesThe best goalkeeper coaches are:
- Alessandro Nista, Inter.Coach attributes that should be high to train goalkeepers:
- Marco Onorati, Catania.
- Christophe Lollichon, Chelsea.
- Olivier Pedemas, LEMANS FC.
- Tony Coton, unemployed
- Joe Corrigan, unemployed
Goalkeepers, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
GK - Handling
Influences the following player attributes: Aerial Ability, Handling, Kicking, ThrowingThe best GK - Handling coaches are the same as for the ‘GK - Shot Stopping’ category. The both categories belong to the same type and have the same requirements to coach attributes:
Goalkeepers, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
Tactics
Influences the following non-goalkeeper attributes: Anticipation, Composure, Concentration, Decisions, Teamworkand also some goalkeeper attributes: Command of Area, Communication, Rushing OutThe best Tactics coaches are:
- Mauro Tassotti, Milan.Coach attributes’ requirements:
- Bernhard Peters, Hoffenheim.
- Pat Rice, Arsenal.
- Christian Lantignotti, Cesena.
- Francisco Ayestaran, unemployed
Tactical Coaching, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
Ball Control
Influences the following player attributes: Dribbling, First Touch, Flair, Heading, TechniqueThe best Ball Control coaches are:
- Rene Meulensteen, Manchester United.Coach attributes’ requirements:
- Mark Howard, Blackburn.
- Rodolpho Borrell, Liverpool.
- Daniele Bernazzani, Inter.
- Massimo Neri, unemployed
- Patrice Bergues, unemployed
Technical, Mental, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
Defending
Influences the following player attributes: Marking, Positioning, TacklingThe best Defending coaches are:
- Martin Keown, Arsenal.Coach attributes’ requirements:
- Paul McGuinness, Manchester United.
- Warren Joyce, Manchester United.
- Ivan Carminati, Manchester City.
- Arthur Albiston, unemployed
- Francesco Pedone, unemployed
Defense Coaching, Tactical, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
Attacking
Influences the following player attributes: Creativity, Crossing, Off the Ball, PassingThe best Attacking coaches are:
- Phil Cannon, Blackburn.Coach attributes’ requirements:
- Brian McClair, Manchester United.
- Rodolfo Borrell, Liverpool.
- Tosh Farrell, unemployed
- Thomas HaBler, unemployed
Attack Coaching, Tactical, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
Shooting
Influences the following player attributes: Finishing, Long ShotsThe best Shooting coaches are:
- Rene Meulensteen, Manchester United.Coach attributes’ requirements:
- Berhard Peters, Hoffenheim.
- Tony Whelan, Manchester United.
- Roberto Sesena, Lazio.
- Tosh Farrell, unemployed
- Thomas HaBler, unemployed
Attack Coaching, Technique, Determination, Level of Discipline, Motivating
That’s all folks.
Excited to be blogging for you,
Vitaliy Mokosiy